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'''Roger Robinson''' is a London based fan and [[small press]] publisher. He discovered fandom in the 1970s when he joined the City Lit Science Fiction evening class. He was one the committee for the [[BECCON]] conventions in the 1980s, and took the name for [[Beccon Publications]], his small press which has been publishing since 1981. He is keen quizzer, member of the [[City Illiterates]], a regular in the book room and used to do auctions at conventions. He is the Research Editor on ''[[The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction]]''.
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'''Roger Robinson''', a [[London]]-based fan and [[small press]] publisher, discovered [[fandom]] in the 1970s when he joined the City Lit Science Fiction evening class.  
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He was one the committee for the [[BECCON]] conventions in the 1980s, and took the name for '''Beccon Publications''', his [[small press]], which has been publishing since 1981. He is a keen quizzer, member of the [[City Illiterates]], a regular in the book room and used to do [[auctions]] at [[conventions]]. He is the Research Editor on ''[[The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction]]''.
  
 
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==Beccon Publications==
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A [[small press]] run by Robinson, publishing [[fiction]], [[filk]] songbooks and [[critic]]al works.
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Publications include:
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===Fiction ===
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* ''The Beccon Plays'' by The [[Beccon]] Committee (1985)
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* ''The Drabble Project'' by Rob Meades and [[David Wake]] (eds.) (1988)
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* ''Drabble II: Double Century'' by Rob Meades and [[David Wake]] (eds.) (1990)
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* ''Drabble Who'' by David Howe and [[David Wake]] (eds.)  (1993)
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* ''A Load of Old BoSh'' by [[Bob Shaw]] (1995)
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* ''Chip Crockett's Christmas Carol'' by [[Elizabeth Hand]] (2006)
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===Filk ===
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* ''[[The Old Grey Wassail Test]]'' by [[Gytha North]] (ed) (1987)
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* ''[[On Filkley Moor]]'' by [[Gytha North]] (ed) (1988)
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* ''[[The Drunken Rabble Project]]'' by [[Gytha North]] (ed) (1990)
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* ''[[Labyrinth of Shadows]]'' by [[Lawrence Dean]] (1992)
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* ''[[Under Loch and Key]]'' by [[Lissa Allcock]] (ed) (1995)
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* ''[[Bitter Lemmings]]'' by [[Tom Holt]] (1997)
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* ''[[Zander's Little Book of Filks]]'' by [[Zander Nyrond]] (1999)
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* ''[[Access All Arias]]'' by [[Alison Richards]] (ed) (2001)
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* ''[[...And Then 3 Come Along Together]]'' by [[Gytha North]] and [[Roger Robinson]] (eds.) (2001)
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* ''[[Under Filk Wood]]'' by [[Alison Richards]] (ed) (2005)
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* ''[[On the Filk Road]]'' by [[Alison Richards]] (ed) (2009)
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* ''[[Quarter Tome]]'' by [[Alison Richards]] (ed) (2013)
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* ''[[Pick-a-Ditty Circle]]'' by [[Alison Richards]] (ed) (2014)
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===Critical Works ===
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* ''Scores: Reviews 1993-2003'' by [[John Clute]] (2003)
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* ''Soundings: Reviews 1992-1996'' by [[Gary K. Wolfe]] (2005)
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* ''What It Is We Do When We Read Science Fiction'' by [[Paul Kincaid]] (2008)
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* ''Canary Fever: Reviews'' by [[John Clute]] (2009)
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* ''Bearings: Reviews 1997-2001'' by [[Gary K. Wolfe]] (2010)
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* ''Sightings: Reviews 2002-2006'' by [[Gary K. Wolfe]]  (2011)
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* ''Pardon This Intrusion'' by [[John Clute]] (2011)
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* ''Stay'' by [[John Clute]] (2014)
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* ''Call and Response'' by [[Paul Kincaid]] (2014)
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===Other Works ===
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* ''[[Who's Hugh?]]'' by [[Roger Robinson]] (1987)
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* ''[[The Best of Conrunner]]'' by [[Ian Sorenson]] (1995)
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* ''[[A Very British Genre]]'' by [[Paul Kincaid]] (1995)
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* ''Naomi Mitchison - towards a bibliography'' by [[Caroline Mullan|Mullan]], [[Roger Robinson|Robinson]] & [[Violet Williams|Williams]] (2013)
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[http://www.beccon.org/ Beccon Publications website.]
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Revision as of 04:53, 6 July 2021

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Roger Robinson, a London-based fan and small press publisher, discovered fandom in the 1970s when he joined the City Lit Science Fiction evening class.

He was one the committee for the BECCON conventions in the 1980s, and took the name for Beccon Publications, his small press, which has been publishing since 1981. He is a keen quizzer, member of the City Illiterates, a regular in the book room and used to do auctions at conventions. He is the Research Editor on The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.

Awards, Honors and GoHships:


Beccon Publications[edit]

A small press run by Robinson, publishing fiction, filk songbooks and critical works.

Publications include:

Fiction[edit]

  • The Beccon Plays by The Beccon Committee (1985)
  • The Drabble Project by Rob Meades and David Wake (eds.) (1988)
  • Drabble II: Double Century by Rob Meades and David Wake (eds.) (1990)
  • Drabble Who by David Howe and David Wake (eds.) (1993)
  • A Load of Old BoSh by Bob Shaw (1995)
  • Chip Crockett's Christmas Carol by Elizabeth Hand (2006)

Filk[edit]

Critical Works[edit]

Other Works[edit]

Beccon Publications website.


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